Gowardia zebrina sp. nov., a new species in a little-known genus of arctic-alpine lichens (Parmeliaceae)

• Published in: Plant and Fungal Systematics
• Main Authors: Goward, Trevor, Myllys, Leena
• Other Authors: Botany, University Management
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences 2021
• Subjects: 1181 Ecology; evolutionary biology; Alectoria; Alpine; British Columbia; Gowardia; ichen; taxonomy; Arctic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/325163

The fruticose lichen genus Gowardia (Parmeliaceae) was recently segregated from Alectoria based on phylogeny, morphology, secondary chemistry, ecology and distribution. As currently circumscribed, Gowardia comprises two wide-ranging species of arctic-alpine regions. Here we describe a third species,...